Istanbul has always been a place where stories & histories collide & crackle where the idea is as potent as the historical fact From the Qu'ran to Shakespeare this city with three names
- Byzantium Constantinople Istanbul
- resonates as an idea & a place & overspills its boundaries
- real & imagined Standing as the gateway between the East & West it has served as the capital of the Roman Byzantine Latin & Ottoman Empires For much of its history it was known simply as The City but as Bettany Hughes reveals Istanbul is not just a city but a story In this epic new biography Hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest cities As the longest-lived political entity in Europe over the last 6000 years Istanbul has absorbed a mosaic of micro-cities & cultures all gathering around the core At the latest count archaeologists have measured forty-two human habitation layers Phoenicians Genoese Venetians Jews Vikings Azeris all called a patch of this earth their home Based on meticulous research & new archaeological evidence this captivating portrait of the momentous life of Istanbul is visceral immediate & scholarly narrative history at its finest


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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ' Life-filled & life-affirming history steeped in romance & written with verve' GUARDIAN ' Richly entertaining & impeccably reserached' Peter Frankopan Istanbul has always been a place where stories & histories collide & crackle where the idea is as potent as the historical fact From the Qu'ran to Shakespeare this city with three names
- Byzantium Constantinople Istanbul
- resonates as an idea & a place & overspills its boundaries
- real & imagined Standing as the gateway between the East & West it has served as the capital of the Roman Byzantine Latin & Ottoman Empires For much of its history it was known simply as The City but as Bettany Hughes reveals Istanbul is not just a city but a story In this epic new biography Hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest cities As the longest-lived political entity in Europe over the last 6000 years Istanbul has absorbed a mosaic of micro-cities & cultures all gathering around the core At the latest count archaeologists have measured forty-two human habitation layers Phoenicians Genoese Venetians Jews Vikings Azeris all called a patch of this earth their home Based on meticulous research & new archaeological evidence this captivating portrait of the momentous life of Istanbul is visceral immediate & scholarly narrative history at its finest


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Like the Dublin of Joyce & Jan Morris' Venice Orhan Pamuk's bestselling Istanbul Memories of a City is a triumphant encounter of place & sensibility beautifully written & immensely moving Since the publication of Istanbul Pamuk has continued to add to his collection of photographs of Istanbul Now he has selected a range of photographs for Illustrated Istanbul linking each new image to his memoir This lavish selection of 450 photographs features contributions from Ara Guler Henri Cartier-Bresson & Istanbul's characteristic photography collectors & contains previously unpublished family photographs from the author's archives ...

There&s hustle & bustle at Istanbul&s grand bazaar as merchants & their assistants rush through the narrow alleys in their attempt to be more successful than their competitors Everything must be well organized wheelbarrows must be filled with goods at the warehouses then swiftly transported by the assistants to various destinations Your goal? Be the first merchant to collect a certain number of rubies In Istanbul you lead a group of one merchant & four assistants through 16 locations in the bazaar At each such location you can carry out a specific action The challenge though is that to take an action you must move your merchant & an assistant there then leave the assistant behind (to handle all the details while you focus on larger matters) If you want to use that assistant again later your merchant must return to that location to pick him up Thus you must plan ahead carefully to avoid being left with no assistants & thus unable to do anything In more detail on a turn you move your merchant & his retinue of assistants one or two steps through the bazaar either leave an assistant at that location or collect an assistant left earlier then perform the action If you meet other merchants or certain individuals at the location you might be able to take a small extra action Possible actions include Paying to increase your wheelbarrow capacity which starts the game with a capacity of only two for each good Filling your wheelbarrow with a specified good to its limit Acquiring a special ability & the earlier you come the easier they are to collect Buying rubies or trading goods for rubies Selling special combinations of goods to make the money you need to do everything else When a merchant has collected five rubies in his wheelbarrow players complete that round then the game ends If this player is the only one who&s reached this goal he wins immediately; otherwise ties are broken by money in hand Players 2-5 Playing Time 50 Minutes Suggested Ages 10 ...

Five new promising places await the bazaar merchants in the second expansion for the multi-award-winning board game Istanbul Letters & Seals Now players can deliver letters on behalf of the embassy & gain seals in return
- a valuable resource for which the secret society of Istanbul is willing to pay with rubies from secret sources
- which also affects the price for rubies Kiosk & auction house on the other hand allow actions in which all players participate & players who manage to bring their companion into play have a partner on the board who can act independently from the merchant More flexibility more interaction & the option to play on a huge 5x 5 bazaar the expansion Letters & Seals adds many more possibilities to the popular board game Istanbul but also manages to keep its flow & unusual fast gameplay for a family plus game May the hunt for rubies continue Expansion for the multi-award-winning board game Istanbul Now players can deliver letters on behalf of the embassy & gain seals in return More flexibility more interaction & the option to play on a huge 5x 5 bazaar

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